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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. be a substitute;
- Example: "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"
- Example: "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
[syn: substitute, sub, stand in, fill in]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stand in v 1: be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream-- we are on a strict diet" [syn: substitute, sub, stand in, fill in]